1990 Cadillac Deville problems
The 1990 Cadillac Deville has 111 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (28%) concerns brakes. After that come cruise control (19%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 111 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 13 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 100,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Cadillac Deville with enough data (18 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Involved in an accident and the seat belt did not hold the driver and she was thrown all over the car. Tt an officer stated that the force and angle of impact were not enough to engage seat belt, consumer was injured in accident. *slc
Parking brake would not release. Took out owners manual, and it stated that brake may freeze up at times. Consumer put car in park and got out to reach lever, when consumer pulled lever, vehicle lurched shifting into reverse, right front tire rolled over consumer's leg, and vehicle hit a parked car before coming to a stop. Consumer has yet contact the dealer. Consumer still has not recovered completely due to the severe tissue damage done to the leg and both feet. *slc
The car while turning intermittently dies and looses any acceleration stalls and most of the time starts back up when lifting foot of the gas and sometimes dies. Also the car accelerates on its own sometimes very quickly. The car stalling while making a left turn got me t-boned by someone while making a left hand turn. I'm not the only one with this problem. This defect is going to get somebody killed.
Consumer complained about a jbs technology remote starter problem which he installed in the vehicle. It was called the bulldog remote control starter.